NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 vs NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

Comparative analysis of NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 and NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS videocards for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Technical info, Video outputs and ports, Compatibility, dimensions and requirements, API support, Memory, Technologies. Benchmark videocards performance analysis: PassMark - G3D Mark, PassMark - G2D Mark, GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512

  • Videocard is newer: launch date 2 month(s) later
  • 3.1x more core clock speed: 1625 MHz vs 530 MHz
  • Around 23% higher texture fill rate: 15.6 billion / sec vs 12.72 GTexel / s
  • Around 23% better floating-point performance: 156 gflops vs 127.2 gflops
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - G3D Mark: 330 vs 278
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - G2D Mark: 79 vs 38
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 23 October 2008 vs 29 July 2008
Core clock speed 1625 MHz vs 530 MHz
Texture fill rate 15.6 billion / sec vs 12.72 GTexel / s
Floating-point performance 156 gflops vs 127.2 gflops
Benchmarks
PassMark - G3D Mark 330 vs 278
PassMark - G2D Mark 79 vs 38

Reasons to consider the NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

  • Around 50% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 90 Watt
  • Around 78% higher memory clock speed: 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames): 3297 vs 2239
  • Around 47% better performance in GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps): 3297 vs 2239
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt vs 90 Watt
Memory clock speed 1600 MHz vs 900 MHz
Benchmarks
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 3297 vs 2239
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 3297 vs 2239

Compare benchmarks

GPU 1: NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512
GPU 2: NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

PassMark - G3D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
330
278
PassMark - G2D Mark
GPU 1
GPU 2
79
38
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2239
3297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)
GPU 1
GPU 2
2239
3297
Name NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
PassMark - G3D Mark 330 278
PassMark - G2D Mark 79 38
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames) 2239 3297
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps) 2239 3297

Compare specifications (specs)

NVIDIA GeForce 9600 GSO 512 NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS

Essentials

Architecture Tesla Tesla
Code name G94 G94
Launch date 23 October 2008 29 July 2008
Place in performance rating 1458 1461
Type Desktop Laptop

Technical info

Core clock speed 1625 MHz 530 MHz
CUDA cores 48 48
Floating-point performance 156 gflops 127.2 gflops
Manufacturing process technology 65 nm 65 nm
Maximum GPU temperature 105 °C
Pipelines 48 48
Texture fill rate 15.6 billion / sec 12.72 GTexel / s
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 90 Watt 60 Watt
Transistor count 505 million 505 million
Gigaflops 180

Video outputs and ports

Audio input for HDMI S / PDIF
Display Connectors 2x DVI, 1x S-Video, Two Dual Link DVIHDTV No outputs
HDMI
Maximum VGA resolution 2048x1536
Multi monitor support

Compatibility, dimensions and requirements

Height 4.376" (11.1 cm)
Interface PCIe 2.0 x16 PCIe 2.0 x16
Length 9" (22.9 cm)
SLI options 2-way
Supplementary power connectors 6-pin
Laptop size large

API support

DirectX 10.0 10.0
OpenGL 2.1 3.3

Memory

Maximum RAM amount 512 MB 512 MB
Memory bandwidth 57.6 GB / s 51.2 GB / s
Memory bus width 256 Bit 256 Bit
Memory clock speed 900 MHz 1600 MHz
Memory type GDDR3 GDDR3
Shared memory 0

Technologies

CUDA
HybridPower
PureVideo HD